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A new community weblog is starting up in Ireland: For Nine Pounds. (And in 2008 retired, only to rise out of the ashes in its new form of The Blog Pound.) The content in its first few days has been...
View ArticlePaying Irish VAT using a Linux system
For the longest time I’ve been sticking with having to only ever visit www.ros.ie using W1ndow$ on my laptop. Being self-employed, every two months I have to give some tax to The Man. This time, I...
View ArticleThe Irish Passport conspiracy
My Irish passport expires in a few months. I figure we’ve no plans to go anywhere for the remainder of the year, probably, so why not look into getting it renewed? I visited the Official Site to get...
View ArticleChanging how long my Nokia N95-8GB rings on Vodafone
To scribble down electronically what’s scribbled in pencil on a piece of scrap paper on my desk: To change the length of time my Nokia N95-8GB spends ringing for an incoming call with Vodafone, I enter...
View ArticleWhat would *you* do for a school?
A friend did a skydive at the end of May in an effort to raise funds for our kids’ primary school. In terms of ways to help children, the bar has been raised pretty high: a few thousand feet, in fact....
View ArticleMy introduction to the President of Ireland's speech
This is what I got to say at Patrick’s primary school today, introducing the President of Ireland before she gave her remarks in front of the kids and staff at the school: Today is a very special day...
View ArticleThe Speeches
Speech is such a funny word. I like tribute better. Brendan’s brother Derry (Diarmuid) was up first, followed by Christian and then Diarmaid (please follow along in your booklets). Derry: Brendan...
View ArticleOne week
It’s actually been 9 days. I can’t believe time is still moving. It shouldn’t be. I wanted to thank everyone for, well, everything, really. The outpouring of love and caring has really surprised me,...
View ArticleHome again
The boys and I have just returned from a lovely few days at our friends Martin and Miriam’s house, in Louisburgh in Mayo. We had a grand day yesterday, sitting on Oldhead beach, the boys making...
View ArticleInterview on EastCoast FM
I realized I never posted the interview on here! Here’s me talking to Declan Meehan from EastCoast FM about life, love and digital legacy. Very general interview, but wow it went fast! Life, Love and...
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